WASHINGTON — Softwood lumber prices remain at historically low levels. Prices today are 54% lower than their 1975 average and 49% lower than their 1995 average, adjusted for inflation. Yet Canada and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) spared no efforts in 2025 to spread misinformation about the impact of President Trump’s US trade law enforcement on lumber prices and the cost of lumber in new construction. The reality is the Canadian lumber industry maintains a massive level of excess production capacity and ships 60 to 70 percent of its total production into the United States. …The increase in US home prices is unrelated to the price of softwood lumber. …Canadian politicians are going to great lengths to tout Canada’s potential to increase exports of softwood lumber to other markets, particularly in Asia. …US lumber production capacity has increased by over 8 billion board feet since 2016.